yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Apps and Games] moriel5:
You can flash Xposed if you have TWRP, or at least if the system is rooted, and install the GoogleWebview Xposed module, and it should force the system to use Google's Webview instead of the AOSP webview which is bundled with the ROM.
[Android Apps and Games] slimbobaggins:
Apparently my rom was set up to use it, I verified with the app that it is running.

I still haven't gotten a mismatch error since installing, but I switched back to desktop view, and the google search is broken again.
[Android Apps and Games] Commander Cody:
I can confirm that Desktop as user agent brakes Google for some reasons. Default and mobile work fine.
[Android Apps and Games] Jakky567:
How does the adblock in the browser update?
[Android Apps and Games] yshalsager:
[MENTION=4544494]anthonycr[/MENTION] Your Browser is amazing :D !

i suggest adding Page Translation feature
[Android Apps and Games] slimbobaggins:
My solution is to just switch the search engine to yahoo instead of google. Thus still allows front page searching that's nearly as good as google, and allows me to run in desktop mode.
[Android Apps and Games] moriel5:
I recommend using DuckDuckgo, as it is on the same level, and occasionally surpasses the other search engines, plus you get to keep your privacy.
[Android Apps and Games] Commander Cody:
I think the best search engine is the one that fits the best for your needs. Personally I keep using Google.

But that's a bit off topic.
[Android Apps and Games] moriel5:
You are most definitely right about that.

However, as you had already said, this becoming off topic, so no more should be said.

And sorry, I am out of thanks for the day.
[Android Apps and Games] ksvictor:
Bug reports, where do u send them? With 4.4.1 I can't open mobil.nytimes.com. The page just pops up and then a blank page opens and the URL shows "data:text/html,".
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
If I open "nytimes.com", it automatically redirects me to "mobile.nytimes.com".

You put "mobil", not "mobile". Was that just a mistype here?
[Android Apps and Games] ksvictor:
Silly typo. Works fine in chrome.

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Silly typo. Works fine in chrome.
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
I didn't have an issue loading the NYT mobile site in Lightning with the agent set to "Default".
[Android Apps and Games] ksvictor:
On my android 7 mate 8 it keeps happening, but only this site. Tried with agent default, desktop and mobile. Same result.

[YOUTUBE]https://youtu.be/Jb01chEqOto[/YOUTUBE]
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
Your link doesn't work as posted, but here it is for others to see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb01chEqOto&feature=youtu.be

I have a question for you....

If you go into Settings -> Advanced Settings -> URL Box Contents,

and change it from "Domain" to "URL", what does it say?

When I do a Google search for "data:text", I get references to pop-ups and malware:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/624928/datatexthtml;base64pcfet0nu/

https://www.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/3qagqz/keep_getting_a_pop_up_ad_on_safari_from/

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/1735
[Android Apps and Games] ksvictor:
I get "data:text/html,"

I have AdAway running but with the other browsers I can access NYT. IT loads (a couple of ms or so) and quickly flashes to a white screen.

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Thx for the tip. Scan my phone and found one "riskware" app. Removed it and now it works. Just funny they it wasn't an issues in chrome.

Thx
[Android Apps and Games] ksvictor:
It is a very nice browser. Could use a few minor changes to the UX. I already love it.
[Android Apps and Games] Cinner:
Nice browser, works much better on my galaxy S7 than Chrome. Do you think you could add pull down to refresh the page like Chrome does?
[Android Apps and Games] bdtoole:
This might be better suited to its own post, and apologies if this has been answered elsewhere and I just missed it, but I have a couple of questions related to this browser.

Is there a good list of the various Android browsers that have been forked off of Lightning Browser that are still under current development? If so, is there a good comparison between them and the original, and do we know how many of them are also open sourced? For example I know there used to be Speed Browser, but I believe that was abandoned. Currently, Rocket Browser seems to be based on Lightning, but I haven't been able to find a good comparison between the two. Any changes made to it also appear to be closed-sourced. I'm currently using Lightning as my primary, but I'm always keeping an eye out for others to play with.

I realize this is a question that will vary a lot on personal preference, but as a general statement, is there any solid, practical reason to use Lightning over one of the many CAF Browsers or vice versa? I know the CAF Browsers are optimized for Snapdragon chips, but that seems like a relatively general and vague statement to me. From what I can tell, comparing Lightning to a few of the CAF browsers, the latter might be a bit faster at page rendering but tend to have issues such as no bookmark sync/export/import, not loading AMP pages, no reflow, and broken Night Modes). Lightning seems to be more working-feature-rich, as well as smoother interface-wise at a possible loss of rendering speed. Are there any other notable and practical differences between them? For clarification, by practical, I mean more than benchmark numbers.

Also as a general statement, thank you for your work on this browser - it's been a fantastic one to use!
[Android Apps and Games] xavihernandez:
Hi, thanks again for this application.

It could be good to have "Always incognito" mode. Then links opened from other applications could be opened in incognito tab.
[Android Apps and Games] obamaforever:
Does anyone know how I can zoom in some webpages and without the object is falling outside screen?

Im not english so hope you understand.

When I zoom in some specifik area to click on, that area is fallinh outside the screen and when I zoom out I see it.
[Android Apps and Games] nick_white:
Could you please add an option to disable opening links with external apps? For example, if I have a Facebook app and I go to the mobile website in Lightning, it brings the Android popup to select app...
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
In the meantime you can use App Redirect and/ or Open Link With.
[Android Apps and Games] nick_white:
What is App Redirect? Is it a separate app? Wouldn't it mean that i would constantly be redirected through the app at each click inside the domain (facebook.com, for example)?

I open the websites by typing in the address bar or from bookmarks, so I don't have "Open link with".
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
They're both separate apps available in the Play Store.
[Android Apps and Games] cobra-dk:
How do I navigate forwards and backwards when tabs are enabled?

Thanks in advance ;)
[Android Apps and Games] lambroslnk:
Hey, loving the speed and smoothness of the browser, great job.

I think I am facing a bug though. When trying to download any zip file from a Google drive page, like this one https://drive.google.com/drive/mobile/folders/0B1G5yP4fi63mSEQyMnR6SGFsWWs

Instead of the zip a .bin file is downloaded.
[Android Apps and Games] nelsongeorge:
thank you man
[Android Apps and Games] cobra-dk:
Come on guys, someone has to know this!
[Android Apps and Games] moriel5:
Slide the tabs sidebar from the right and you'll see.

Aside from that, you were being a bit impatient there.

Not everyone is in the same timezone as you.
[Android Apps and Games] cobra-dk:
Ahh, sorry about being impatient.

Maybe I was not clear in my first post.

In display settings, I don't have "Show tabs in navigation drawer" ticked. So I get real tabs on top instead of the sidebar.

When configured like this, how do I navigate forwards and backwards?
[Android Apps and Games] Commander Cody:
You can rename the file manually to *.zip. Then you can extract it like normal.
[Android Apps and Games] lambroslnk:
Worked great ty. Nevertheless is this considered a bug or there are other parameters that force this kind of behavior?
[Android Apps and Games] moriel5:
Are you on a phone or a tablet?

If on a phone, I had just checked, and there doesn't seem to be a way.

A good idea would be to file a bug report on GitHub (link in OP), the developer is much more active there.
[Android Apps and Games] cobra-dk:
In this case I'm on a phone. Lightning works just fine on my tablet.

I have no idea how to file a bug report on GitHub.

Besides, I seem to be the only one who has this problem, so I will leave it there.

There are other great browsers, I'll just use an other one ;)

Thanks for getting back to me anyway :good:
[Android Apps and Games] moriel5:
Nay, you are not the only one, I had tested it out, and can confirm this issue.

To file a bug report on GitHub, you need to go to the project page (found in OP), go to issues, and select "Create a new issue" (of course, you need to be logged in to GitHub to do so).
[Android Apps and Games] yikuph:
This is my favorite browser for years. Yet the browser can't download images properly, like when you save images with link you'll get htm file instead.. So I use chrome just to save images!
[Android Apps and Games] moriel5:
That is quite odd, can you post an example?

I had never had any issues with saving images, and I too have been using Lightning Browser for several years (and it has been my default browser as well during that time).

Also, what is your setup (device, Android version, Lightning Browser version, WebView version if you are on Android 5.0 or up)?

I currently run Lightning Browser 4.5.1 on a multitude of devices with different versions (all of them but one on AOSP, CM or a CM or LOS based ROM, the other one runs TouchWiz) with no such issue.

Nexus 4: CRDroid, Android 7.1.2, WebView 60.0.3112.66.

Samsung Galaxy J5 (2015) (my father's phone): TouchWiz, Android 6.0.1: WebView 59 (I forget the exact version).

Doogee X5 Pro: AOSP, Android 6.0, WebView 60.0.3112.66.

LG G3 Beat (my mother's phone): CM, Android 6.0.1, WebView 59 (I forget the exact version).

Phicomm Clue d240 (Chinese dual-core, 512MB variant): AOSP, Android 4.3, an old version of Lightning (I forget which).

I had also used it on a friend's tablet (Lenovo Tab 7 (2013), running stock 5.0.2, and two 10.1 Allwiner tablets that belong to the family (one branded by Silverline, at AOSP version 4.2.2, the other by Crown, at AOSP version 5.1.1, currently with a broken digitizer), without any issues.

And I had used to run Lightning Browser on Remix OS (5.1.1 and 6.0.1) and Phoenix OS (5.1.1) on the PC, until they had stopped supporting my CPU (i3 540), and on the Xtreamer Aiki 5", running stock (Desk OS, which based upon AOSP and MIUI) 4.0.3, until the battery died.
[Android Apps and Games] yikuph:
For example when I google any image and try to download the thumbnail image it only recognize it as link, like on the screen shot bellow. My phone is galaxy note 3 exynos: lineageos 6.0.1, I don't know the webview version. So I just try to download the same thumbnail with my family HP tablet on stock kitkat and it's actually work okay. Also experience the same problem on my previous phone galaxy e5 on stock KitKat.
[Android Apps and Games] moriel5:
Ah, I personally do not use Google, but rather DuckDuckGo, however I think that the issue at hand is that Google does not give you a direct link.

In any case, it would be a good idea to file a bug report on Lightning's GitHub page (found in OP).
[Android Apps and Games] yikuph:
Actually that is just an example, just any image with link attached doesn't work. Still my tablet download any image just fine so I guess it's work different on different device. Ok I'll report the bug.
[Android Apps and Games] moriel5:
That's great, however I still recommend you to check whether your WebView is up to date (you can update it through the Play Store).
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
It may be that Lightning does not recognize the image files as such in one of your devices, why I'm not sure, maybe a different WebView version as has been mentioned. Lightning already has trouble downloading many file types, like txt or html ( which has never been solved in all these years ), worth a comment when you report the bug.
[Android Apps and Games] moriel5:
Interesting, and also interesting that I had never had issues with downloading files using Lightning.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Can you download a .txt file for instance ? Lightning will open it but cannot download it in any way.
[Android Apps and Games] moriel5:
Yes, I just click on "Save Page".

It had always worked for me, except on one minor version from a few years ago (was it two years ago? I can't remember).
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
I've never seen that option in the menus ? (o_O)

For instance, how to download a hosts file, like here :

http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts

I can't see any way to do it. I'm checking with 4.5.1 right now, I believe it is the latest.
[Android Apps and Games] moriel5:
Sorry, I had mistaken the "Download image" option, which replaced the "Open image" option for the save page option (although I seem to have a dim memory of a "Save image" option in addition to a "Open image" option at some point?).

I am really sorry for the misinformation caused by me confusing different functions.

Apparently I had always used the Share function and saved it using MiXplorer or Total Commander, or ES File Explorer back when I had still used it.

However, I am adament that images had always loaded fine, and downloading them had also worked for me without issues.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
Ah, I never thought about sharing to another application, thanks for the tip !

I don't doubt the downloading of images with Lightning, what I was thinking is that some sites ( Yahoo in Japan does this sometimes ) mess up the encoding of images, and a browser does not recognize the format, or defaults to interpret it as text for example.

( Edit : I mean you try to load a jpg and just see a huge chunk of text. )

However, it still doesn't quite explain why the same image would download in one device and not the other, and then maybe the difference is Lightning is using a different WebView version, you already commented about that..
[Android Apps and Games] moriel5:
Actually, now that I think about it, on chromestory.com, there may be such an instance where images do not load properly (I generally keep images and Javascript off when I do not need them, so I am not sure).

I had noticed that with the image links (there are two for each picture), one links to some weird (apparently broken metadata, if it aligns with your words) link, and the other has a direct link to the .jpg.

This repeats itself for each picture on the page.
[Android Apps and Games] eldervamp17:
I have adguard 2.9 installed and if it's running then every site I visit with this browser I get a warning connection is not secure. Certificate is not trusted message constantly. It's only with this browser. Works fine with speed browser.
[Android Apps and Games] diyabolic:
Same problem here and it only happens in this browser
[Android Apps and Games] Commander Cody:
Lightning keeps crashing for me on my Nexus 5X with the new Android 8.1.0. I already cleaned app cache and data. Does somebody else have the same problem?
[Android Apps and Games] androcraze:
Which version of Lightning?
[Android Apps and Games] Commander Cody:
The latest form F-Droid, 4.5.1.

Edit: Never mind. After a clean install of Android 8.1.0 it's working again.
[Android Apps and Games] RobotPhone:
Issue: manual proxy login

[MENTION=4544494]anthonycr[/MENTION] I'm having an issue with Lightning+ configured with a manual proxy. After a period of time the browser forgets the proxy's login credentials. Once in this state, the user needs to relogin to the proxy for

EVERY TAB OPEN

. So if there are 20 tabs open, the user needs to relogin to the proxy 20 times.

Can the browser store login credentials for a manual proxy? It's my favorite browser but the proxy login, multiplied by the number of tabs open, is brutal.

Thanks.

EDIT: running version 4.5.1
[Android Apps and Games] ratbags:
Lightning does not trust user-added certificates so throws up not trusted errors every milisecond. Been noted as a bug on GitHub for months now. Can it be fixed? It was my favourite browser until this issue took hold.
[Android Apps and Games] ehdh288:
Is it possible that lightning/lightning+ will include search button on bookmarks? This is the only function that im missing against tugabrowser.
[Android Apps and Games] vklexer:
Lightning browser double clicks when pressing back on some pages.
[Android Apps and Games] kda2495:
Hi! Will you update it? There are some changes that you can do:

1. Address bar to the down of screen, it's better on devices with big display.

2. Forward/back buttons on address bar.

3. Swipe down to update the page.

Hope, that you will realize this in next build. Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] Draygon:
Hello,

since upgrading to Android 8.0 Oreo with my Xiamo Mi A1, Lightning browser does have following problem:

When I click on the URL bar and type something with my keyboard (tried GBoard and Swype), the focus is getting lost and my keyboard is freezing.

I can't type anything then. The issue is happening every time.

Can you please update Lightning for Oreo?
[Android Apps and Games] viccycat:
Exit button

Hello! Browser is very fast, but I have one simple question. Maybe I do not understand something, but why do I have to restore the last session in the settings if I can exit it only by closing the tabs and loading it accordingly from the bookmarks?! Its really need "Exit" button or delete "start with last open tabs". Where is logic & convenience? Thanks for your job.
[Android Apps and Games] Sinadinara:
The simplicity that makes it attractive also limits its usefulness.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Re: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.0 - the fastest browser around

Yeah I think I have to set a keylistener for the URL bar. I just added one to the edit text and published it so we'll see how that works... It should show up in an hour. If its successful, I'll post it on mediafire
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Re: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.1 - the fastest browser around

It's been reported that the enter key is now working for physical keyboards. Yay!!! Mediafire v2.0.2 uploaded with the fix.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Android Apps and Games] rolandkohn:
Seems quite nice and i do really appreciate the work!

Just tried it currently on my Wildfire S with SwiftKey keyboard and having the problem that the address bar is currently recognized as a text field with autocorrection enabled.

This way it's quite unusable.
[Android Apps and Games] .:Crack:.:
Update:

3. Got better

2. Read something in the changelog but still no swiping possible...

4. (new but known request) open links in background /new tab

Thanks again, it's a great browser!
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Re: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.1 - the fastest browser around

Lol yes I messed up something I think. Let me try to fix that.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Android Apps and Games] murraynt:
Does anybody else have the problem of comments not loading on the XDA articles?
[Android Apps and Games] The Gunner:
Very nice and fast :good:
[Android Apps and Games] smash240:
2 suggestions,

undo close tab

abilty to choose default download location, i like to put all my downloads on the external
[Android Apps and Games] combatdeity:
Sorry if it has been mentioned, but perhaps changing the settings menu pop up location would be a good idea.

Having it appear so far from where the button is (on a tablet at least) feels wrong.

The tabs look a bit funky too, but you're already sorting that.

Great browser!
[Android Apps and Games] .:Crack:.:
I'm able to use swype now, thanks! I think the URL bar still is "messed up" (fine for me) since it's an autocorrect textfield (bad for searching unknown words or typing unknown websites). But it's great that i can use swype on facebook etc!!! Thanks for the superfast fix!!

Multitasking is way better -confirmed.

Just 2 more things to be the perfect browser imo:

1. Hide Url/Tab bar when fully loaded, like stock browser, i.e. show the website on fullscreen (with statusbar) -> about 1,5cm more space in hight (alot on a smartphone - I know this is especially for a tablet)

4. (new but known request) open links in background /new tab
[Android Apps and Games] fabsn:
AW: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.1 - the fastest browser around

I think these feature-requests have been mentioned before, but I wanna state it again: We need a

Open in background tab function

and

X (delete) button in adress bar to delete the current url with one click

btw i can help u translating the app to german once u want to release a multilingual version
[Android Apps and Games] tchen510:
First I'd like to thank you for making this. I have been using this as my primary browser for a few days and really like it.

A few suggestions:

1. Open in new tab. Others have already said this, but I think this is a missing feature that could really improve the browser. It would be cool if it had a feature like Dolphin for open in new tab and open in background. I know chrome doesn't and I found that annoying.

2. When I close the only tab, the app closes, but if i long-press the home button it remains visible in recent apps. It would be nice if when the last tab was closed the browser displayed the bookmarks or something like that.

Overall, I think this is one of the best browsers available and I look forward to using it.
[Android Apps and Games] Spiral_ouT:
Re: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.1 - the fastest browser around

The above two posts have great ideas that would make for a better browsing experience. Those and a full screen mode for use on phone sized screens would make this the hands-down, best browser available for Android.

Sent from within using Tapatalk 2
[Android Apps and Games] najodleglejszy:
Re: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.1 - the fastest browser around

the "enter" key on my Xperia mini pro's slide-out keyboard finally works, thanks! there's one more bug: when I slide the keyboard out or in, all my currently opened tabs close and the homepage appears instead.

also, it'd be nice to have some kind of icon indicating whether the page's already loading or not, because I've been thinking for a while that the "enter' button still doesnt work :)
[Android Apps and Games] mr.gonzoo:
Odp: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.1 - the fastest browser around

If you need, I can help you with polish translation :).

BTW, looking forward to future updates!

Wysyłane z mojego Nexus 7 za pomocą Tapatalk 2
[Android Apps and Games] elkedra:
There is a spinning disk on the left of the address bar but it is very hard to see. It changes to a globe when the page is loaded.
[Android Apps and Games] GerManiac:
AW: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.1 - the fastest browser around

Very cool, fast and smooth browser. Thanks for the excellent work.

Noticed and maybe it has been mentioned before

when i.e. in facebook if I tap on a youtube video and I choose lightning browser, from the pop up of choices, the video starts in the browser.

If I choose the android stock browser I then get another second pop up choice to choose again a browser or the youtube app if installed.
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Re: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.1 - the fastest browser around

Yep, open in new tab on long press. That's a must.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Android Apps and Games] anthonycr:
Re: [APP][2.2+] The Lightning Browser v2.0.1 - the fastest browser around

Update is out. Long press has been added, exit button on tab has been added as well. Mediafire edition has also been updated

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Android Apps and Games] drive2droad:
you know what , I just uninstalled chrome from my device after spending just a few minutes ! My new favorite browser app ...